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BOX 50                                                                              	

A.Ballets                                                                    		    Killer-of-enemies : ballet in two acts with narrator, op. 21 /  
text by Erick Hawkins. New York City, September 1946, January 1947. 1 short score. 27 pages. Bound facsimile of manuscript in the composer’s hand, with pencil annotations.

B. Choral Works/Part-songs                                             	 Madrigal no. 2 / poem, Wallace Stevens. New York City, 1955. 1 score for SATB. 3 pages. Facsimile of manuscript [in the composer’s hand]. Stamped: “American Composers Alliance Library...New York”.		 

Madrigal no. 5 / poem, Wallace Stevens.  [Undated]. 1 score for SATB. 2 pages. Facsimile of manuscript [in the composer’s hand].  Stamped: “American Composers Alliance Library...New York”.

Madrigal no. 6 / poem, Wallace Stevens.  [Undated]. 1 score for SATB. 3 pages. Facsimile of manuscript [in the composer’s hand]. Stamped: “American Composers Alliance Library...New York”. 

C. Concertos                                                                     	Concerto antiqua : for solo harp and string quartet. [Undated]. 1 short score, part I only. 11 pages. [In the composer’s hand]. [See also Concertino antico under Instrumental Chamber Works].

Concerto antiqua : for solo harp and string quartet. [Undated]. 1 short score, part I only. 11 pages. Facsimile of manuscript [in the composer’s hand]. With annotations. Annotation in unknown hand: “For Edna Phillips”. [See also Concertino antico under Instrumental Chamber Works]. 
                                                 
Concerto romantico : for viola and chamber orchestra. Starnberg bei München, 1956. 1 short score, 30 pages, dated 1956 and 1 solo viola part, 9 pages, undated. Facsimiles of manuscript [in the composer’s hand]. For Walter Trampler.	

Etruscan concerto. [Undated]. Pencil sketch of piano reduction, first movement. 2 pages. [In the composer’s hand]. Incomplete.

Etruscan concerto : for piano & chamber orchestra. New York City, 1954.  1 short score. 31 pages. Bound facsimile of manuscript [in the composer’s hand], with pencil annotations. For Carlo Bussotti. Stamped: “American Composers Alliance Library…New York”.

D. Instrumental Chamber Works                                            	
[Concertino antico : for solo harp and string quartet]. München, 1955. 1 full score. Pages 10 to 22  only [attached note in composer’s hand reads. Pages 1-9 missing on fullscore”]. Facsimile of manuscript in the composer’s hand, with annotations. [See also Concerto antiqua under Concertos]. 

Concertino antico : for solo harp & string quartet. München, 1955. 1 full score. 22 pages. Master transparencies [in the composer’s hand] prepared for Composers Facsimile Edition 1955. Written for, and dedicated to Edna Phillips. Previous title : Concerto antiqua. [See also Concerto antiqua under Concertos].

Concertino da camera : for flute clarinet bassoon &  pianoforte. New York, 1942. 1 full score. 26 pages. Bound facsimile of manuscript in the composer’s hand. Annotation [in the hand of Ralph Vaughan Williams]: “Return to R Vaughan Williams The White Gates Dorking”.

Concertino da camera.  [Undated]. Parts for flute (6 pages), clarinet [in B flat] (5 pages), and bassoon (4 pages), [in the composer’s hand].  
                                                  
Concertino da camera.  [Undated].  Part for clarinet in A, in unknown hand. 6 pages. With pencil annotations.

Girondelle for giraffes. [Sydney], 1978. For flute and  piccolo, trombone, double bass, drum and suspended cymbal. 1 score (3 pages) and parts [in the composer’s hand], and photocopies with manuscript annotations. For Sculpture Show of Pamela Bowden.

Gymnopédia I : “Santorini”. [Undated]. 1 sketch.1 page. [In the composer’s hand]. With unidentified sketches attached. 4 pages.

Musica antiqua no. 1 : for flutes, harp, marimba & percussion. New York City, 1957. 1 full score. 42 pages. Master transparencies [in the composer’s hand] prepared for Composers Facsimile Edition 1959.

Musica antiqua no. 1 : for  flutes, harp, marimba & percussion. New York City, 1957. 1 full score. 42 pages. Facsimile of manuscript in the composer’s hand.  

Musica antiqua no. 1. Parts for harp (17 pages), percussion II (6 pages) and timpani (6 pages) in unknown hand, with pencil annotations.

Pre-columbian prelude & presto. New York City, 1957. 1 score for piccolo, flute 1, pan pipes, whistles 1 and 2, flute 2, owl, armadillo, maracas, scraper, split drums I and II, conch and drum. 9 pages. Master transparencies [in the composer’s hand] prepared for Composers Facsimile Edition 1959.

Pre-columbian prelude & presto. [Undated]. Parts for split drums I, drums II/maracas/(pan pipe)/(conch) and head drum/(conch)/bone scraper. Each 3 pages. [In the composer’s hand].

E. Music for Films                                                                	
The African story. 1 full score for piccolo, marimba (bass), timpani and tom tom, wood block, triangle, maracas and three pedal drums.  [Undated].  18 pages. Master transparencies [in the composer’s hand] prepared for Composers Facsimile Edition 1959. [Music for the film All Our Children, produced by the United Nations].
                                                                                                    	
A scary time : a “Halloween Piece” for UNICEF. 1960. 1 full score for violin, clarinet and percussion. 29 pages. Master transparencies [in the composer’s hand] prepared for Composers Facsimile Edition 1960. [Music for an animated film documentary on the Suez crisis].

Tel : animated cartoon.  [Undated]. 1 full score for clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, violin I, violin II and cello  with pencil annotations. 67 pages.  [In the composer’s hand]. Music for cartoon film produced by Film Graphics, Inc.]

Tulsa : a documentary film on Tulsa, Oklahoma made by U.S. State Department for circulation in occupied territory. 1949. 1 full score for orchestra with pencil annotations. 76 pages. [In the composer’s hand].

BOX 51
F.Operas                                                                                    	
Caedmon : opera in one act  (3 scenes).  1935-6. 1 full  score. 186 pages. In the composer’s hand.

Nausicaa. Sketches. [Undated]. 1 binder, 27 pages, and 5 loose pages.  [In the composer’s hand].

Nausicaa : an opera in three acts, with prologue,interludes and epilogue / after the novel “Homer’s  Daughter, by Robert Graves; Libretto arranged by Alastair Reid, in collaboration with the novelist. [Undated]. 1 vocal score. Interlude I only. 10 pages. Facsimile of manuscript [in the composer’s hand].

Sappho : opera in three acts / libretto from the play by Lawrence Durrell.  [Undated]. 1 full score, Act 1 only. 231 pages. Photocopy of manuscript [in the composer’s hand].

Sappho : opera in three acts / libretto from the play by Lawrence Durrell.  [Undated]. 1 vocal score, Act 1 only. 63 pages. Photocopy of manuscript [in the composer’s hand}. Also includes Synopsis, Acts 1 - 3, 4 pages.
                                                                                          		
The transposed heads : opera in 6 scenes / from the novel by Thomas Mann; libretto by Peggy Glanville Hicks; [based on the English translation by H.T. Lowe-Porter]. Port Antonio : 1953. 1 vocal score.  112 pages. Bound facsimile of manuscript [in the composer’s hand] with extensive annotations [? by Moritz Bomhard]. Dedicated to Theo Flynn.

The transposed heads : interlude.  [Undated]. 1 full score. 4 pages.  Facsimile of manuscript [in the composer’s hand]. Incomplete. [See short score page 101 where Interlude to be inserted]. 

BOX 52
G. Orchestral Works                                                               Meditation for orchestra. Athens, 1964. 1 full score in the composer’s hand  (38 pages) and complete set of parts [in an unknown hand]. Master transparencies prepared for Composers Facsimile Edition 1965. A “Quiet Piece” commissioned by E. Benjamin for the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra.

Meditation for orchestra. [Undated]. Complete set of  parts [in an unknown hand].  

Sinfonietta for small orchestra in D minor. 1935. 1 full score. 77 pages. In the composer’s hand.

H. Piano Works                                                                     Pastoral for piano. Vienna, 1936. 1 score. 2 pages. In the composer’s hand.

I. Solo Vocal Works with Instrumental Ensemble                  	
Dance cantata : for narrator, tenor, speaking and singing chorus and orchestra. 1947. 1 full score, Act I only. 64 pages. [In the composer’s hand].
                                                                                                                                           Profile from China : five songs for tenor, piano & strings. New York, 1945. 1 full score with pencil annotations. 14 pages. In the composer’s hand. nnotation in the composer’s hand: “Original”. Stamped: “American Composers Alliance Library...New York”. Also photocopy of same score.

Thomsoniana : for soprano, flute, horn, piano & string  quartet / five excerpts from the daily press by Virgil Thompson. New York City, 1949. 1 full score  shown as short score on front sheet]. 25 pages. Master transparencies [in the composer’s hand] prepared for Composers Facsimile Edition 1952. Attached explanatory note in the composer’s hand reads: ‘N.B. The “Herald Tribune” cover page should always be printed with the photostat copies. Also, always, the page of Texts. PGH. P.S. They are the “clue” To the Joke’.  

Thomsoniana / five excerpts from the daily press.1 short score. 14 pages.   Master transparencies [in the composer’s hand] prepared for Composers Facsimile Edition 1952.

Thomsoniana. 1 complete set of parts, with pencil annotations. Copied by Helen Williams MAGA N. S.W. Div. 22.8.1976.

J. Solo Vocal Works with Piano                                          	
Sidi amar in winter / poem by Paul Bowles, 1935. New York, 1946-47. 1 score. 4 pages. Transparencies in the composer’s hand.  With 1 page inserted of poem, typescript. 

K. Unidentified Fragments/Sketches                                       	
3 pages, in pencil.  [In the composer’s hand].

Peggy Glanville-Hicks - music manuscripts, 1935-1978

Autograph miscellany from circa 1786 to 1799 : British Museum Additional Manuscript 29801, ff. 39-162 (The Kafka sketchbook) / Ludwig van Beethoven ; edited by Joseph Kerman.

An extensive collection of printed sheet music and original musical scores, ca. 1920-ca. 1960, used in the accompaniment of magic acts by Maurice Rooklyn. The music is often stamped 'The Amazing Mr Rooklyn', or signed 'Rooklyn', grouped and annotated by the name of the magic routine. The music is also annotated with stage directions and cues, presumably by Maurice Rooklyn or his muscians, and scored in parts for band instruments including piano, saxaphone, bass, trumpet, tombone, and drums. The original scores appear to be written in a number of different hands.

BOX 1
Includes printed sheet music and original scores used in Rooklyn's magic routines:
Human Target
Suspension Trick
Hong Kong Sequence
Ball Manipulation Routine
Chinese Chopper
Chu Chin Chow
Chinese Scena
Cheating the Gallows
Wardrobe Illusion
Beer Barrel
Mr Rooklyn Magic Show
Circular Saw Trick
Sweetheart Aloha
Birth of a Pearl
Candle Trick
Bird Productions
Home of Ghosts

BOX 2
Includes printed sheet music and original scores used in Rooklyn's magic routines:
Daybreak
Black Magic
Hong Kong Sequence - Wedding of the Birds
Opening - 2nd Half
Chinese Scena
Cheating the Gallows
Barrel Music
Mr Rooklyn Magic Show - Piano, Alto Saxaphone, Tenor Saxaphone, Bass, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, Tombone, Drums.

Also includes substantial quantity of contemporaneous sheet music, including 'Waltzing Matilda' by Marie Cowan.

BOX 3
Includes printed sheet music and original scores used in Rooklyn's magic routines:
Cutting Handkerchief Tricks
Opening sequence
Ball Routine
Ball Manipulations
Finale
Chinatown
Chinese Shuffle
Can-Can Dance
Keyhole Trick
Spook Cabinet
Wedding of Birds

Also includes a folder of run sheets or programs for a Rooklyn Magic Shows, and typed captions for photographs taken during Rooklyn's tour or Japan, ca. 1947.

BOX 4
Includes printed sheet music and original scores used in Rooklyn's magic routines:
Radio Trick
Silk Cutting Trick
Top Hat
Opening - Second Half
Duck Trick
Linking Rings Trick
Bodyless Lady Trick
Circular Saw Trick
Stretching a Lady Trick
Ball Manipulation Routine
Revolving Glass Cabinet Illusion
Suspension Trick
Necklace Tricks

BOX 5
Includes printed sheet music and original scores used in Rooklyn's magic routines:
Clock Vanish Trick
Ball Manipulation Routine
Bird Cage Illusion
Wedding of the Birds
Finale
Cheating the Gallows
Duck Trick
Stick Rack
Dancing Handkerchief
Clock Trick

Maurice Rooklyn music collection, [ca. 1920-ca. 1960]

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Peggy Glanville-Hicks - music manuscripts, 1935-1978

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Autograph miscellany from circa 1786 to 1799 : British Museum Additional Manuscript 29801, ff. 39-162 (The Kafka sketchbook) / Ludwig van Beethoven ; edited by Joseph Kerman.

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Maurice Rooklyn music collection, [ca. 1920-ca. 1960]

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